Bulandshahr, set amidst one of the biggest but dying sugarcane-belts of India, is in the spotlight over clashes between the police and Hindu right-wing activists.
What started as a small skirmish over an alleged incident of cow slaughter soon escalated into a riot-like situation on the morning of December 3.Subodh Kumar Singh. Credit: PTI
An inspector-rank officer, Subodh Kumar Singh, and a 21-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party activist, Sumit, were killed. Singh, incidentally, was the investigating officer in the Mohammad Akhlaq lynching case.

Subodh Kumar, Cop Killed by Mob in Bulandshahr, Probed Akhlaq Case

Concised By Administrator / Dec 3, 2018 10:55 PM

Subodh Kumar, the police inspector who was killed on Monday, 3 December, in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district during a clash over reports of illegal slaughter, was the investigating officer in the Mohammad Akhlaq lynching case.
Anand Kumar, ADG (Law and Order) confirmed that Kumar was the investigating officer in the case from 28 September 2015 till 9 November 2015. However, the charge sheet was filed in the case by a different IO in March 2016.

Bulandshahr, set amidst one of the biggest sugarcane-growing areas of India, is in the spotlight over clashes between the police and Hindu right-wing activists.
What started as a small skirmish over an alleged incident of cow slaughter soon escalated into a riot-like situation on the morning of December 3.

Recalibrating India’s GDP to the Mahabharata, Circa 5561 BC

Concised By Administrator / Dec 1, 2018 11:13 PM

Kautilya (aka Chanakya and Vishnugupta) excitedly picked up the 2014 reprint of his 5000 BC bestseller, Arthshastra (The Science of Governance). Today, he would present a copy to Emperor Chandragupta and wow him with the fabulous news that his political adversary, the UPA, had been totally vanquished. UPA’s last remaining claim to fame – ie, that they had delivered much higher GDP growth during their reign – had been demolished by him, the incomparable Kautilya.

BJP Sinks as LDF Shines in First Kerala Polls After SC,s Sabarimala

Concised By Administrator / Dec 1, 2018 10:59 PM

A hopeful Bharatiya Janata Party, which has been leading frenetic protests against entry of women in the Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala, failed to make a mark in the recently concluded local body bypolls in Kerala. Out of the 39 seats in which elections were held, the BJP could win only two.
Meanwhile, the ruling Left Democratic Front emerged as the biggest winner, bagging 21 seats. The Congress-led United Democratic Front finished second with 12 seats.

How Political Parties Could Use State Data Hubs To Sway Voters

Concised By Administrator / Nov 29, 2018 7:24 PM

This is the second story in a three-part series on voter targeting, Aadhaar-linking and the Election Commission. Read the first here.
New Delhi/Bangalore: In January 2015, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) made a seemingly innocuous suggestion to the Election Commission (EC).
The recommendation: give state governments across the country unfettered access to India’s centralised voter database.

Deepika Ranveer Mumbai Reception: Inside Photos of

Concised By Administrator / Nov 28, 2018 11:00 PM

Ranveer and Deepika are hosting a reception in Mumbai at the Grand Hyatt on 28 November.
The couple and the families have been greeting guests as they arrive.
The newly weds posed for photo-ops with the media.
The couple wed on 14-15 November at Lake Como in Italy.

Thackeray,s Ayodhya Signal to BJP I,m More Hindutvawadi Than You

Concised By Administrator / Nov 27, 2018 10:34 PM

The Thackerays, the first family of the Shiv Sena, do not travel well beyond the borders of Maharashtra. For all his aggressive Hindutva and support for the Ramjanmabhoomi movement through the 1990s, the late Bal Thackeray had never set foot in Ayodhya.

As MP Goes to Polls, Rural Distress, Regional Dynamics to Decide Who Takes the Helm

Concised By Administrator / Nov 27, 2018 10:10 PM

Even the bitterest critics of Shivraj Singh Chouhan wouldn’t question his welfarist inclinations. Despite allegations of large-scale corruption and nepotism against his three-time government, the BJP chief minister, fondly called mama (maternal uncle), has enjoyed considerable popularity among Madhya Pradesh’s predominantly rural electorate.
Chouhan, however, is now fighting the toughest battle of his political life. A resurgent Congress – led by the trio of Kamal Nath, Jyotiraditya Scindia and former chief minister Digvijaya Singh – in the state has put up one of its fiercest campaigns to wrest power from the saffron party in the November 28 assembly polls.